
Career Highlights: Elected Mendocino County Superior Court judge, 2006; took oath in 2007; sole practitioner, Ukiah, 1993-2007; Mendocino County district attorney's office, 1991-93
Law School: University of San Diego School of Law, 1990
While the majority of judges on the Mendocino County Superior Court work in the county seat of Ukiah, Judge Clayton Brennan presides over a multi-practice court with only one courtroom in Fort Bragg, whose coastal location and small community present unique challenges as well as opportunities.
Brennan’s mother — Joan S. Brennan — was a U.S. magistrate judge in the Northern District of California. Brennan, a Palo Alto nat... (continued)